HOPEFULLY EXPEDITE THE CLEARING OF THOSE ROADWAYS. BUT WARREN, CERTAINLY ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT. I MEAN, AMAZING PICTURES OF PEOPLE 500 OF THEM THAT HAD TO BE RESCUED IN ONE LOCATION. WE SENT PAULA TUTMAN THERE THIS MORNING TO FIND OUT THE LATEST. PAULA, AT ONE POINT I THINK THE MAYOR SAID 400 TO 500 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM A PARKING LOT THAT WAS BEING FLOODED. YEAH, EXACTLY RIGHT. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SITUATION HAPPENING. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW. I'M AT AN OVERPASS REALLY BETWEEN MOUND AND VAN DYKE. 696. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE THERE ARE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE DIVERS. LET'S GO TO THE VIDEO RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE WITH TIM PAMPLAN THE NIGHT CAM HAS CONFIRMED THEY HAVE DIVERS GOING IN THE WATER LOOKING FOR VEHICLES, LOOKING FOR PEOPLE INSIDE POSSIBLY TRAPPED INSIDE VEHICLES. NOW M-DOT ACTUALLY PULLED THESE DIVERS OUT. THEY SAID THE WATER MIGHT BE ELECTRIFIED. IT WASN'T SAFE FOR THE DIVES SO THEY PULLED THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE DIVERS OUT. THEY'RE NOW WAITING FOR POWER TO BE CUT. ALSO, WORKING WITH ME IS THE MORNING CAM'S SEAN MAHON. SEAN ACTUALLY GOT HERE WHEN YOU REALLY COULDN'T EVEN SEE THESE VEHICLES. TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW WITH THESE DIVERS. SOMETHING I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY SAW DIVERS GOING BETWEEN THE GREEN SERVICE TRUCK THERE AND OVER TO THE EASTBOUND LANES, PAULA THERE'S A RED CAR OVER THERE. THEY WERE GOING CAR TO CAR AS TO IF THERE MAY BE PEOPLE STILL INSIDE OF THESE VEHICLES. I FRANKLY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT ACTUALLY M.S.P. TROOPERS IN A BOAT GOING UP AND DOWN 696 LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO SAVE THEM. Reporter: YOU ALSO SAW MEMBERS OF THE DIVE TEAM AS WELL. NOW WHEN YOU GOT HERE YOUERS WENT EVEN ABLE TO SEE THAT RED VEHICLE OVER THERE AND BARELY THE TOP OF THAT RESTORATION VEHICLE, ODDLY ENOUGH. WHEN I GOT HERE I COULDN'T SEE THAT VEHICLE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE WATER IS GOING DOWN BUT IT'S STILL VERY HIGH. IT IS HIGH BUT IT IS GOING DOWN. AGAIN, IT'S A SCENE THAT YOU JUST DON'T SEE ALL THAT OFTEN. YOU ACTUALLY SEE A BOAT, A FISHING BOAT A SMALL FISHING BOAT WITH MICHIGAN STATE TROOPERS GOING BETWEEN THESE CARS. IT'S SOMETHING I FRANKLY HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AT ALL. Reporter: OKAY, ALSO WHAT I WANT TO DO AS SOON AS THIS TRUCK PASSES I WANT TO TAKE YOU ACROSS THE STREET. BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA. AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE I COULD HAVE A BETTER TEAM. I HAVE NIGHT CAM AND MORNING TEAM WITH ME NOT ONLY SHOOTING VIDEO BUT CHECKING SOURCES ALL OVER MACOMB COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE THESE VEHICLES ARE STILL STRANDED. EVERYWHERE YOU GO YOU HAVE VEHICLES STRANDED JUST PEPPERED. YOU CAN SEE THAT PEOPLE GOT OUT VERY, VERY QUICKLY. THE VEHICLES STOPPED WHERE THEY WERE OVER HERE. YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SEMIINSTRUCTION THAT HAVE BEEN STOPPED RIGHT HERE -- SEMITRUCKS THAT HAVE BEEN STOPPED RIGHT HERE. TIM, TAKE A LOOK NOW WE'RE LOOKING WEST. SO I'M CLOSER TO MOUND LOOKING WEST TOWARD VAN DYKE ON 696. JUST TO GIVE YOU YOUR BEARINGS. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THESE VEHICLES TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEY WERE JUST WASHED ACROSS THE ROAD. THAT'S HOW MUCH WATER THERE WAS. YOU SEE, YOU GOT SOME FLATBED TRUCKS NOW MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN HERE. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO PASS EARLIER TODAY. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WATER IS RECEDING. BUT THIS IS STILL VERY MUCH A RIGHT NOW STORY AS PEOPLE ARE TELLING THESE AMAZING STORIES OF GETTING OUT OF THESE VEHICLES ALIVE, BARELY, PEOPLE BEING RESCUED. AND NOW HAVING TO COME TO RECLAIM THEIR PROPERTY IN SOME WAY. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, YOU SEE WORKERS OVER HERE DIVERS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO GET OUT OF THE WATER BECAUSE IT MAY BE ELECTRIFIED. NOW AT THIS POINT THEY PROBABLY CUT THE POWER BECAUSE I SEE WORKERS WHO ARE OVER IN THIS WATER RIGHT NOW. WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR YOU CAN SEE THAT CAR THAT IS ALMOST COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. THAT WAS SUBMERGED A FEW MOMENTS AGO. AND THAT'S WHAT DIVERS ARE LOOKING FOR. THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO PEOPLE STILL STUCK IN THESE VEHICLES. VERY, VERY MUCH A RIGHT NOW SITUATION. THIS THING IS NOT OBSERVE YET BY A LONG RUN, GUYS. PAULA, YOU HAVE A CAR HAULER BEHIND YOU THERE. AND I SEE THAT YOU HAD A STEADY PARADE OF FLATBED TRUCKS COMING IN TO TOW ARE. THEY PREPARED TO TAKE THE REST OF THE CARS OUT THAT ARE TO YOUR RIGHT THAT ARE GETTING STACKED UP? Reporter: I THINK THEY'RE PREPARED. TO BUT FIRST THEY HAVE TOX TRACT THEM. THIS VERY TO MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE FOR THEM TOX TRACT THEM. YOU SEE A TOW TRUCK DRIVER. THESE GUYS HAVE A VERY, VERY BUSY DAY. AGAIN BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE WATER THEY ARE BEING TOLD THE WATER IS CONTAMINATED THEN AT ONE POINT THE WATER WAS ELECTRIFIED. THEY HAVE TO MOVE VERY, VERY SLOWLY. THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS WATER TO RECEDE AND DRAG THESE VEHICLES IF THEY CAN. THIS IS A SCENE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THROUGHOUT METRO DETROIT ALL DAY. THIS IS ONE AREA, GUY. I HAVE ONLY BEEN WORKING ABOUT FIVE SQUARE MILES OF MACOMB COUNTY. WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN THAT FIVE MILES I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN 32 YEARS OF REPORTING. BEFORE I LET YOU GO JUST MAD PROPS TO MY TEAM TIM, AND MORNING SAM SEAN MAHON WORKING THEIR SOURCES AND GETTING US AMAZING VIDEO OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PAULA. ALSO, PROPS TO THE POLICE, STATE POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, RESCUE TEAMS THEY ARE WORKING SO HARD. WE WILL BE CHECKING BACK WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE DAY

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